Please send any pedigrees for this project to: becky.m1@comcast.netPlease include the following:• Name of project• Kit Number• Name of person posting pedigree• Email address to be posted with pedigree• Name, birthdate, birthplace, spouse of Earliest Known Ancestor• List each succeeding generation, using only those four items of information (or substitute another item of information if missing an item)

Anyone is welcome to post your pedigree for this surname on the Pedigree Forum below, but project members should be sure to send the pedigree by email to the administer's email address listed above to be sure it will be posted on the project's Patriarchs Page.

Jim, welcome to World Families Network. I posted your pedigree on the Patriarch page. I hope that you'll decide to particiapte in the DNA Project. Or, if your test is one of those underway by an individual at FTDNA, we encourage your to transfer it into the project.

My maternal great-grandmother was Poshia Stacy. Her mother was Daisy Mattie Kiser and her father was Miles Allen Stacy. I am looking for any information regarding the Miles Allen Stacy line. Some of the surnames connected are Kiser/Creamer/Allen/McKindley

Your Robert Stacy's markers match those of my ancestor, Calvin C. Garner, 12 for 12. Calvin lived from 1852 to 1908. He married in 1874 Malitha A. Dutton, whose father, Thomas Dutton, was from South Carolina. She was born in Dade Co., GA. She was probably part Cherokee. But it is her husband that intrigues me now. I have never been able to connect Calvin to any othe Garners, and I have just learned he is haplogroup J2, which suggests possible melungeon ancestry. Stacy is also in J2. How much do you know about Robert's background and movements?

Although my father, Howard Chester Stacey, born October 4, 1907 in Newton County, Arkansas was born a Stacy he changed the spelling to Stacey because it sounded better. He had a conversation with his brother floyd and they decided to change it.

A review of family documents indicates many used the e, and some did not, for no particular reason I can find.

Oldest known ancestor:

William Stacey who married Rebecca Griffith. Origin may be Hawkins, Co. Tennessee. born c. 1800.Silas Scruggs Stacey, born 1832, tennessee. Was a country doctor of renown, lived most of his life in Springfield, Mo., and in Newton County, Arkansas.

James Silas Stacey, my grandfather, born 1864, Missouri, lived most of his life in Newton County, Arkansas. Was married to my grandmother, Lula Hall.

Howard Chester Stacey, born October 4, 1907, Newton County, Arkansas. Lived his early life in Newton County Arkansas and went to the big city by rail car in 20's where he took up residence in Colorado for the rest of his life. Expired October 10, 1956 due to coronary after hernia surgery. Howard married Leona Myrtle Westover b. Dec. 18, 1908 who hailed from South Dakota.

Robert Lee Stacey, born August 4, 1939 in Denver Colorado Lived most of eary live in Colorado, moved to California in 1959 and have lived there since. Current residence in Los Angeles.

I speculate that William could have been of Irish Ancestry accounting for the Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798. It is possible that his family escaped after two stacys were murdered there. Dad always said the staceys were taking in folks from here and there and I have found that Grace OMalley is known for the Irish Open Table and house policy.

Only material supporting the possibility that he was from Ireland are comments by William Lackey who wrote the History of Newton County Arkansas in 1950 with use of a stenographer. As he described the Stacey family, William in particular, he stated that Wailliam was Irish. Of course Lackey was irish as well, and may just have wanted company. But he mentions Irish 2 or 3 separate times so he must hav ehad it well in mind.

y-chromosome DNA matches at 12 markers are useful for excluding relationships, but are not good for determing possible nearer relatives. Twelve marker matches will point to a common ethnic background and give about as much information as the Haplogroup. You will need 25 marker or 37 marker testing with only a one or two mismatches to pursue a verifiable connection within recorded history.

Hi, Kathy. Thank you for your interest in the Stacy Surname Project. If you would like to submit your pedigree in the simplified format we require for the patriarch page, I will be glad to post it there for you. Thanks again and good luck with your research!

Hi, Kathy. Thank you for your interest in the Stacy Surname Project. If you would like to submit your pedigree in the simplified format we require for the patriarch page, I will be glad to post it there for you. Thanks again and good luck with your research!

An example of the format we use on the patriarchs page can be seen in at the top of this forum page (in the first post from the StacyAdmin, in the light blue boxes). Each generation, including spouses, should fit on one line. This may mean sacrificing some of the most specific information, such as townships and settlements. We also ask that US postal abbreviations be used for states as well as limited punctuation. Each line should look something like the following:

John Doe b 1 Jan 1799 Ireland d 1 Jan 1899 New York, NY m Jane Doe

The sample format at the top of the page shows commas being used. This is something we no longer include.